The Resource Dam nation : how water shaped the West and will determine its future, Stephen Grace
Dam nation : how water shaped the West and will determine its future, Stephen Grace
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- Summary
- In the scramble to claim water rights in the West during the fevered days of early emigration and expansion, running out of water was rarely a concern, and the dam building fever that transformed the West in the 19th and 20th centuries created a map of the region that may be unsustainable. Throughout the arid American West, metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Denver need water. These cities are growing, but water supplies are dwindling. Scientists agree that the West is heating up and drying out, leading to future water shortages that will pose a challenge to existing laws
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxiv, 333 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: Trouble
- Into the parched frontier
- Settling the great American desert
- Reclamation
- The law of the river
- Dam nation
- What we have lost
- When dams fall
- The wealth below
- The new normal
- Tainted waters
- Silt, salt, and civilization
- Water in the twenty-first-century west
- Epilogue: A brief history of water's future
- Isbn
- 9780762770656
- Label
- Dam nation : how water shaped the West and will determine its future
- Title
- Dam nation
- Title remainder
- how water shaped the West and will determine its future
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephen Grace
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the scramble to claim water rights in the West during the fevered days of early emigration and expansion, running out of water was rarely a concern, and the dam building fever that transformed the West in the 19th and 20th centuries created a map of the region that may be unsustainable. Throughout the arid American West, metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Denver need water. These cities are growing, but water supplies are dwindling. Scientists agree that the West is heating up and drying out, leading to future water shortages that will pose a challenge to existing laws
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Grace, Stephen
- Dewey number
- 333.9100958
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TD223.6
- LC item number
- .G73 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- TD223.6
- NAL item number
- .G73 2012
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Water-supply
- Water-supply
- Hydrology
- Dams
- Water resources development
- West (U.S.)
- Label
- Dam nation : how water shaped the West and will determine its future, Stephen Grace
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Trouble -- Into the parched frontier -- Settling the great American desert -- Reclamation -- The law of the river -- Dam nation -- What we have lost -- When dams fall -- The wealth below -- The new normal -- Tainted waters -- Silt, salt, and civilization -- Water in the twenty-first-century west -- Epilogue: A brief history of water's future
- Control code
- ocn756579079
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxiv, 333 pages
- Isbn
- 9780762770656
- Lccn
- 2012003167
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- a map
- Label
- Dam nation : how water shaped the West and will determine its future, Stephen Grace
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Trouble -- Into the parched frontier -- Settling the great American desert -- Reclamation -- The law of the river -- Dam nation -- What we have lost -- When dams fall -- The wealth below -- The new normal -- Tainted waters -- Silt, salt, and civilization -- Water in the twenty-first-century west -- Epilogue: A brief history of water's future
- Control code
- ocn756579079
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxiv, 333 pages
- Isbn
- 9780762770656
- Lccn
- 2012003167
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- a map
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